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Shimeon in Easton's Bible Dictionary

hearkening. Ezra 10:31....

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Shimea in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. David's brother (2 Samuel 21:21). Named also SHAMMAH, father of Jonathan and Jenadab ; distinct from SHAMMUA or SHAMMUAH, David's son by Bathsheba (1 Chronicles 3:5; 1 Chronicles 20:7 margin). 2. 1 Chronicles 6:30. 3. 1 Chronicles 6:39. 4. 1 Chronicles 8:32, called also SHIMEAM (1 Chronicles 9:38)....

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Shimei in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(renowned). 1. Son of Gershon the son of Levi, Nu 3:18; 1Ch 6:17,29; 23:7,9,10; Zec 12:13 called SHIMI in Ex 6:17 (B.C. after 1706.) 2. Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of the house of Saul, who lived at Bahurim. (B.C. 1023.) When David and his suite were seen descending the long defile, on his flight from Absolom, 2Sa 16:5-13 the whole f...

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Shimeon in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Ezra 10:31....

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Shimeah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

shim'-e-a (shim'ah; Codex Vaticanus Semaa, Codex Alexandrinus Samea, Lucian, Samaa): A descendant of Jehiel, the "father" of Gibeon (1 Ch 8:32); in 1 Ch 9:38 he is called "Shimeam" (Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus, Lucian; Samaa Codex Alexandrinus Sama; see Jewish Quarterly Review, XI, 110-13, section symbol section symbol 10-12)....

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Shimei in Easton's Bible Dictionary

famous. (1.) A son of Gershon, and grandson of Levi (Num. 3:18; 1 Chr. 6:17, 29); called Shimi in Ex. 6:17. (2.) A Benjamite of the house of Saul, who stoned and cursed David when he reached Bahurim in his flight from Jerusalem on the occasion of the rebellion of Absalom (2 Sam. 16:5-13). After the defeat of Absalom he "came cringing to th...

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Shimeon in Hitchcock's Bible Names

same as Simeon...

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Shimeah in Naves Topical Bible

-1. A Benjamite, son of Mikloth 1Ch 8:32 Called SHIMEAM 1Ch 9:38 -2. SHIMEAH See SHAMMAH, number two...

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Shiloh in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Genesis 49:10. The Messianic interpretation is evaded by translated "until he (Judah) shall come to Shiloh," Judah leading in the march (Numbers 2:3-9; Numbers 10:14); and when Israel came to Shiloh they pitched the tabernacle there (Joshua 18:1-10), and Judah's principality ceased. But the town Shiloh did not exist in Jacob's time, and Judah ...

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Shimei in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Gershom, son of Levi (1 Chronicles 23:7; 1 Chronicles 23:9-10; 1 Chronicles 6:17; 1 Chronicles 6:29; Numbers 3:18; Zechariah 12:13). (See SHELOMITH (5).) SHIMI in Exodus 6:17. 2. Son of Gera, a Benjamite, of Saul's house; at Bahurim, a marked spot on the way from the Jordan valley to Jerusalem, just within Benjamin; to this point P...

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